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Joseph Franz Rueschenberg

Birth	:	12 Jan 1841 Germany
Death	:	22 Dec 1928 Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Saint Boniface Cemetery, Westphalia, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.7219009, -95.3944016
Plot	:	SC-23-07
Description	:	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1915 PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY IOWA BY EDWARD S. WHITE, B.A., LL.B. B.F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana pages 728 ~ 730 JOSEPH RUESCHENBERG The life history of Joseph Rueschenberg is full of many interesting incidents. A native of Germany, a veteran of two of the greatest wars of modern Europe, a merchant and farmer of Shelby county, Iowa, for more than forty years, his life has been one of ceaseless activity and he is now justly entitled... Read More	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1915 PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY IOWA BY EDWARD S. WHITE, B.A., LL.B. B.F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana pages 728 ~ 730 JOSEPH RUESCHENBERG The life history of Joseph Rueschenberg is full of many interesting incidents. A native of Germany, a veteran of two of the greatest wars of modern Europe, a merchant and farmer of Shelby county, Iowa, for more than forty years, his life has been one of ceaseless activity and he is now justly entitled to a rest from the cares of worldly affairs. He is one of the pioneer settlers of this county and has borne no inconsiderable part in making this county what it is today. He has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken, and his business methods have ever been in strict conformity with the standard ethics of commercial life. He has taken an intelligent interest in the civic life of his adopted country and has earned the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. Joseph Rueschenberg, the son of Frank and Theresa (Hense) Rueschenberg, was born January 10, 1841, in Westphalia, Germany. His father was a farmer in Germany and had a small farm of thirty~three acres, on which he lived until his death in 1862, his widow passing away two years later. Frank Rueschenberg and wife were the parents of five children: Peter, John, Joseph, Frank and Lazetta. All of the children are deceased now except Joseph and Peter, the latter living on the old homestead in Germany at the advanced age of ninety~seven. Joseph Rueschenberg was given a good common school education in the schools of his native land and after leaving school assisted his father on the farm for one year and then took lip the shoe~making trade. He was apprenticed to a shoe maker for three years and then worked at his trade for three years in different cities in Germany. He had by this time reached the age when he must serve in the German army, and for the next three years he passed through the military experience which is common to every German youth even to this day. He completed his service, returned home, but within three months his country was engaged in war with Austria and he was again mustered into the army. It was this so~called Seven Weeks War of 1866 which gave Prussia her independence, the battle of Sadowa which terminated this war, being comparable to the battle of Yorktown in this country. Four years later the Franco~Prussian War opened and Mr. Rueschenberg served his country gallantly and well. It was this war which resulted in the utter defeat of France, the cession of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, together with the payment of 5,000,000,000 francs as additional indemnity for the expense of the war. It must be a great satisfaction to Mr. Rueschenberg to know that he fought in the two wars which placed his native land where it is today. After the close of this memorable conflict, Mr. Rueschenberg returned home and resumed his trade as a shoe maker, but wishing to give his children better opportunities than they could get in their native land, he decided to come to America. He had married in 1867 and in 1874 he severed all old ties, gathered together his belongings and came to this country with his family. He came direct to Shelby county, Iowa, and settled in Westphalia, his family being the. first to locate in the town. He opened a grocery store and at the same time followed his trade as a shoe maker. He continued this dual line of activity for three years and then traded his store for a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in the immediate vicinity of the town. He was a successful farmer from the beginning and in the course of time be~ came the possessor of three hundred and twenty acres in this county and one hundred and sixty acres in South Dakota. He continued farming for seventeen years and then bought a general merchandise store at Westphalia, which he managed for the next thirteen years. He then traded the store for land and retired from active work, although still maintaining his home in Westphalia. Mr. Rueschenberg was married October 17, 1867, to Josephine Sasse, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sasse, of Germany. To this union there have been born eleven children: Frank, who married Mary Ruden; Robert, who married Kate Mumchrad(Muenchrath); Joseph, who married Edith Hinrichs; Ernest, who married Nell Corbett; Christenia, the wife of Albert Mages; Bertha, the wife of Frank Gross; Annie, the wife of Frank Mages; Elizabeth, the wife of John Bloom(Blum); Clara, single; and two who died in infancy. The mother of these children was born December 26, 1844, and died March 10, 1914. Mr. Rueschenberg has been a Democrat since coming to this country and has always been interested in local politics. He served for four and a half years as postmaster of Westphalia and was for several years a member of the school board. He was the first secretary of the Westphalia Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was one of the main men to organize the company. He and all his family are loyal members of the Catholic church and contribute liberally of their time and substance to its support. Mr. Rueschenberg has lived such a life since coming to this county as to win the hearty commendation of every one with whom he has been in any way associated. He has a very extensive acquaintance throughout the county and no man has more loyal friends, a tribute to his sterling integrity and worth as a citizen. It is such men who have brought Shelby county to the front and no one is more justly entitled to be called a representative citizen of this county. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * from Westphalia, IA 1872~1997 book "PRESERVING OUR PAST, ENSURING OUR FUTURE": Joseph Rueschenberg, son of Frank and Theresa Hense Rueschenberg, was born January 10, 1841, in Westphalia, Germany. Rueschenberg was a shoemaker. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker for three years and then worked at his trade for three more years in different German cities. By this time he had reached the age when he must serve in the Germany army, and for three more years, did so. On October 17, 1867, he married Josephine Sasse, (12/26/1844~3/10/1914), daughter of the Joseph Sasse's of Germany. Their children: Frank, married Mary Ruden; Robert, married Kate Mumchrad(Muenchrath); Joseph, married Edith Hinrichs; Ernest, married Nell Corbett; Christenia, married Frank Mages; Elizabeth, married John Bloom(Blum); Clara; and two who died in infancy. Rueschenberg was the Westphalia postmaster and the first secretary of the Westphalia Mutual Fire Insurance Company as well as one of its organizers. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Joseph Franz Rueschenberg's memorial is located at: Saint Boniface Cemetery, Westphalia, Shelby County, USA.
When did Joseph Franz Rueschenberg death?
Joseph Franz Rueschenberg death on 22 Dec 1928 in Shelby County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.7219009
Longitude: -95.3944016

Family Members:

Spouse

Maria Josepha Sasse Rueschenberg

(1844 - 1914)

Children

Frank Joseph Rushenberg

(1868 - 1924)

Bernardina “Dina” Rueschenberg Mages

(1869 - 1946)

Bertha Theresia Rueschenberg Gross

(1872 - 1941)

Christian Rueschenberg

(1874 - unknow)

Robert F Rushenberg

(1878 - 1939)

Maria Theresa Rueschenberg

(1879 - 1879)

Elizabeth Rueschenberg Blum

(1880 - 1946)

Anton Joseph Rushenberg

(1883 - 1972)

Clara Josephius Rueschenberg McCarthy

(1889 - 1971)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Boniface Cemetery
Westphalia, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7219009, -95.3944016

2. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Earling, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7797012, -95.4207993

3. Saint Marys Cemetery
Panama, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7332993, -95.4811020

4. Washington Township Cemetery
Panama, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7305984, -95.4867020

5. Harlan Cemetery
Harlan, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6594505, -95.3281403

6. Lincoln Township Cemetery
Harlan, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6422005, -95.4028015

7. Rose Hill Cemetery
Kirkman, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7317009, -95.2767029

8. Union Township Cemetery
Defiance, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8269005, -95.3471985

9. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
Defiance, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8269005, -95.3450012

10. Slates Cemetery
Kirkman, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7605000, -95.2521000

11. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Portsmouth, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6519012, -95.5233002

12. Doyle Cemetery
Earling, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8051000, -95.5087000

13. Cass Township Cemetery
Portsmouth, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6272115, -95.4958362

14. Gallands Grove RLDS Holcomb Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8342018, -95.4788971

15. Abel Galland Memorial Cemetery
Manteno, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8370000, -95.4932500

16. Fairview Township Cemetery
Corley, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5856500, -95.3207500

17. Bowmans Grove Cemetery
Harlan, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6617012, -95.2130966

18. Folck Cemetery
Harlan, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6198000, -95.2456000

19. Oak Hill Cemetery
Irwin, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7813988, -95.2074966

20. Danway Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7296982, -95.1900024

21. Manteno Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8343964, -95.5367355

22. Astor Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8636017, -95.2853012

23. Chambers Cemetery
Persia, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6018982, -95.5681000

24. Red Line Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7178574, -95.1517029